Lesson 2- Thursday, 5th February
cage
cat – kitten
dog – puppy
a train driver
during the pandemic
train engineer (= steam train)
a commuter train (= pendeltåg)
to snooze She snoozed in front of the TV
snus – nicotine pouch
mouth snuff
busy “bizzy”
lazy
Talk about something you did during the past week. You can show your partner a photo on your phone if you wish.
Gymnasiet = upper-secondary school
sixth-form colleges
gymnasium – school gym
secondary school/high school
Further education colleges
Higher education colleges
To add chicken/beef/vegetable/veal stock
Varannan vecka/månad = Every second/other third month/year
Benefits
Construction worker / a builder
a plumber “plummer” (Think Christopher Plummer!)
a bricklayer
a trowel
an aeronautical engineer
a carpenter
an electrician
a pilot
Hard “k” sound – an architect “k” mechanic archipelago choir “kwire” hierarchy
a policeman/ a police officer a police officer
“rozzers” – (after Robert Peel the founder of the police force)
A firefighter
Fireworks
A vet
A stethoscope
A spanner (BrE) a wrench (US)
It was a wrench leaving my relatives in New Zealand.
Perks / benefits
On-the-job training
He was made redundant when British Rail became privatised
He was laid off (US)
Dismissed
He was sacked/fired for bad behaviour
A probation period
A (trade) union / a labor union
A collective agreement
Not religious = a non-believer or an atheist
There is a lot of friendly rivalry between Sweden and Norway
Priority – I need to prioritise
Sulky = a carriage
Brexit = a referendum (yes/no)